Of course when we start up RTW for the first time we have to take the time to play the romans before we can enjoy more rewarding barbarians and eastern countries. (in my opinion). How might i change the script so that in the case that i must reinstall RTW i can play any faction of my choice? I hope this isnt an internet registered thing because that would be quite manipulative if you ask me.

Another question is, I am coming directly from modding much of MTW and i am used to the startpos txts to change all of my faction information and declaring factions FT_MAJOR, FT_MINOR and that sort of thing. Is there a place like that where i coud unlock the Sythians. Ive had a small fascination with the history of the steppes, and think that would be a fun thing to do. Is there an easy way to convert from my MTW modding brain to RTW skills, (are there similar files) or do i have to learn from scratch.

Looking in the directories i could not find right away a file that resembled the startpos files, and i expected the modding to be quite different anyway. Is there a RTW equivalent to GnomeEditor. Why when i try to open the tga files with IrFanview, all the tga files are now *.tga.dds is there a perfered RTW viewer that can open these files with out me having to change the extension all the time?

Any information to help modders addapt is welcome.